Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I have found only this, that
King James Version
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Holman Bible
Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright,
International Standard Version
I have discovered only this: God made human beings for righteousness, but they seek many alternatives."
A Conservative Version
Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.
American Standard Version
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Amplified
Behold, I have found only this [as a reason]: God made man upright and uncorrupted, but they [both men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].”
Bible in Basic English
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
Darby Translation
Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
Julia Smith Translation
Only see, this I found, that God made man upright; and they sought out many purposes.
King James 2000
Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, this only have I found, that God made man just and right, but they seek divers subtleties.
NET Bible
This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.
The Emphasized Bible
Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.
Webster
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
World English Bible
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."
Youngs Literal Translation
See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
Themes
Man » Created in the image of God
Man » Created » In uprightness
Man » Has sought out many inventions
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Bad
Matsa'
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Yashar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
28 which my soul still sought, but I find not: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found. 29 Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6-7
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 1:26-27
And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
Genesis 6:5-6
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:11-12
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 11:4-6
And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered upon the face of the whole earth.
Psalm 99:8
You answered them, O Jehovah our God; You were a God who forgave them, though You take vengeance for their deeds.
Psalm 106:29
and provoked Him to anger with their doings; and the plague broke in on them.
Psalm 106:39
And they were defiled with their works, and went lusting in their doings.
Jeremiah 2:12-13
Be amazed, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid; be completely desolated, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 4:22
For My people are foolish; they have not known Me; they are stupid sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Ezekiel 22:6-13
Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to shed blood.
Mark 7:8-9
For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the dippings of pots and cups. And many other such things you do.
Acts 7:40-43
saying to Aaron, "Make us gods to go before us, for as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
Romans 1:21-32
Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 3:9-19
What then? Do we excel? No, in no way; for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks all with being under sin,
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.